NEWSLETTER Hi folks,

We started the new school year with a great event: an “archaeology” picnic! There

were some familiar faces, and some new ones. It was great to see everyone again after

a long (and hot!) summer. Be sure to check out some of the photos from this event on

page 2. More photos are available on our chapter’s website.

We have a very productive fall season planned out. This year’s ASSC Fall Field

Day is on October 9th at Charles Towne Landing (page 3). As some of you know, Fall

Field Day moves around the state and goes to a new location every year. This year

it’s on our turf and hopefully it will be a fantastic event. Also, don’t miss the

volunteer opportunity to dig at Hampton Plantation on November 6th (page 3). It is a

very exciting site and state park archaeologist David Jones promises that you will

find some cool artifacts! We are hoping to wash most of the artifacts on site, but if we

have leftovers we’ll organize an artifact-washing night at the Charles Towne Landing

archaeology lab. Remember: this excursion will be a “members only” event. We will

have membership forms at the site so people can join if they need to. There will be a

van leaving downtown in the morning, so if you need transportation contact me at

assccharleston.newsletter@gmail.com to reserve your spot (right now we have room

for 12).

Best,

Cicek Beeby

ASSC Charleston Chapter, Newsletter Editor.

From the editor...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

FALL 2010

CHARLESTON CHAPTER

Please consider renewing your dues for 2011.

You can download our Chapter brochure with membership info here.

New members: If you join now, you will be a member for the remainder of

the year AND 2011. It’s a great deal!

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ARCHAEOLOGY PICNIC AT CHARLES TOWNE LANDING

Archaeology Picnic was a lot of fun, thanks to all those who brought food, helped out

with the set up, donated books for prizes and participated in the games. We are

thinking about making it an annual event!

Picnic-lovers separated into two groups early on: those who

wanted to run around and solve Scavenger Hunt clues, and

those who remained close to the food spread!

Andrew Agha volunteered to be the grill master. Thank you Andrew!

Ron Anthony brought

a croquet set – and left

all the players in the dust!

Five teams competed in the

Scavenger Hunt and solved

puzzles like this one. The

prize? A small library of

archaeology and

anthropology books donated

by our members. Congrats

to Team Vandalay

Industries, who won with a

nearly perfect score and

graciously shared the prize

with the runners up.

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

ASSC FALL FIELD DAY

Don’t miss the 23rd annual ASSC Fall Field Day at Charles Towne

Landing on October 9th! This year’s theme is “The Science of

Archaeology.” The organizers put together an amazing variety of

activities including display booths featuring recent research projects in

South Carolina, a scavenger hunt, dig boxes for kids, dive gear

demonstrations and underwater writing, and much more. Primitive

technology demonstrations will showcase atlatls, blowguns, bow and

arrow, flint knapping, and prehistoric pottery manufacture. On behalf

of the ASSC Charleston Chapter, our president Andrew Agha is

organizing a lecture series in the Visitor Center classroom.

OCTOBER 9, 2010, SATURDAY, 9:00-4:00

For a preliminary program of all the activities throughout the day, please visit the

ASSC website. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $3.75 for S.C. Seniors, $3.50 for youth age

6-15, and free for children 5 and younger. For directions and other park-related

information, please visit the park’s website.

SAVE THE DATE !

Hampton Plantation

Volunteer Dig

November 6, 2010,

Saturday

For more info or to reserve a seat in

the shuttle (from downtown) contact assccharleston.newsletter@gmail.com.

Hampton is an 18th-19th century

plantation on the Santee River, 45

miles from Charleston. We will be

digging a 19th century brick

foundation of a possible slave house.

ASSC Charleston members only.

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UPCOMING ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURES

ABOVE AND BELOW: THE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTH

CAROLINA SHIPWRECK SITES

Presenters: Ashley Deming and Carl Naylor

Ashley Deming and Carl Naylor of the Sport Diver

Archaeology Management Program, a part of the Maritime

Research Division of the South Carolina Institute of

Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) at the University of

South Carolina, will discuss the archaeology conducted by

SCIAA on a variety of shipwreck sites in South Carolina

waters.

When: October 6, 2010, Wednesday, 6:30 pm

Where: Charleston County Public Library

ARCHAEOLOGY AT COLONIAL DORCHESTER STATE HISTORIC SITE

Presenters: Ashley Chapman and Rebekah Sease

South Carolina State Park Service archaeologists

Ashley Chapman and Rebekah Sease will be

presenting the finds from their recent

archaeological excavations at Colonial Dorchester.

The lecture is part of the Founders Hall

Archaeology Lecture Series and will be followed

by an exhibit of artifacts.

When: November 18, 2010, Thursday, 6:00 pm

Where: Founders Hall, Charles Towne Landing

State Historic Site

SEARCHING FOR EARLY HUMANS AT THE TOPPER SITE, ALLENDALE

COUNTY, SC

Presenter: Dr. Albert Goodyear

Dr. Goodyear’s lecture will focus on his research at the Topper Site in Allendale

County, SC, where archaeological excavations challenged the existing theories on the

early human occupation of North America.

When: October 7, 2010, Thursday, 7:30 pm

Where: New Science Center Building Auditorium, Room 129